Hello, I'm new here and I'm hoping somebody can help me out, please bare with me it's somewhat of a long post as I'm trying to be as detailed as possible and this is all very new to me.
I have a
Maytag MTB1956DE* that for some reason has no exact match for my model? so I assume they are all the same parts.
Anyways, I've determined that the start relay on my model has broken, as it rattles when I shake it. Simple enough, the problem is that the orignal part which
looks exactly like this is
part #68857-2 seems to be no longer available and the and the
suggested replacement is this.
As you can see, it's vastly different and I have no idea how to wire this with the run capacitor as on my setup I have a total of three connections (one coming from the run capacitor has two wires combined to one, so two wires on the start relay and one on the overload) to make and I only see two avaible there and I'm not even sure if they will fit on those prongs.
Per the advice of the local parts store,
I installed this, Supco PRO41, not bothering hooking up the run capacitor as per their advice, and the compressor does indeed start and fridge/freezer does begin cooling however I turned it off after a couple of minutes because I suspect this type of install will damage the compressor in the long run and the compressor itself seemed to be pretty hot so I decided to err on the side of caution and turn it off.
The
Supco PRO41 does have two prongs for a start capacitor that are jumperd, but according to the parts list for my fridge it only has a run capcitor not start, so I'm not sure it's even the right one.
My question, simply, is how to replace my current run capacitor, and
if indeed this relay is the same as mine, which looks identical down to the patent number, or how to wire the suggested replacement part but I'd like to avoid cutting wires if possible.
I've also seen many posts that reccomend the
8201799 which also includes the overload(s) as well and I'm wondering if this is also compatible with my unit.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: I just had a thought, but does the run capacitor simply plug into the replacement model on top, and then I plug the other two wires are into the bottom? The current setup has one of the wires for the capacitor combined with an orange wire so I'm not quite sure what to make of it. Here is a pic of the old setup. That is two of the total three connections, the third is a blue wire connected to the overload. You can see the run capacitor on the top.
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